WALKERs210
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OK this is the end of the mystery, thanks to all that gave advise. "Drum Roll -------" the ammo that I purchased for it from a local gun shop was , ready for this, NOT .303 ammo. It turns out that the surplus ammo had gotten moved, mixed or just plain mis-labeled. The gentleman I got it from graciously returned my trade and offered sincere apologizes. He took the Enfield to the same gun shop and the owner pulled out .303 from the shelf and presto it did fit. I never gave the surplus ammo a serious inspection and just trusted it to be what we thought it was. One thing is I have had too many irons in the fire lately and I do believe that with a clearer head I would have picked up on this maybe not from the start but never to the point that it did.